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How Much Money to Live Comfortably in Santo Domingo?
This for example is considered a good and safe neighborhood. https://www.point2homes.com/DO/Cond...ILER-EN-LA-JULIA-SANTO-DOMINGO/132484762.html You dont need a car in Santo Domingo. Public transport, cabs, uber all cheap. I cant give you an accurate number but if you aren't a big drinker, restaurant goer you can easily live comfortably on 2000-2500$ US. Less if you are a frugal person.
Rey - why so many question posts? Are you trying for some kind of record on spamming DR1?
But if you need to ask how much you need that is such a variable - depends on the lifestyle you want?
Come rent cheap and observe for yourself
But if you need to ask how much you need that is such a variable - depends on the lifestyle you want?
Come rent cheap and observe for yourself
Calm down Bill. Questions and answers are what we’re here for.
Shouldn't cost much as long as you never go anywhere. Safety first.
King, I spend $550 USD on rent for a 3bdr house in Boca Chica. $18 per month on electricity. $600 a month for food, including restaurants. $22 on the gym. $20 every 6 months on propane. And maybe another $100 a month on transportation. $75 for phone internet and home wifi (very shitty).
Possible. I pay $30 a month. But I have 2 A/C's.
I live about a km from the beach. Way too much noise there. We are very close to the autopista but the noise from it is minimal. My landlady does have a much smaller mother-in-law home for rent at our location. 2 story and 1 bedroom.
Good point. Know before you go.
I don't know anyone (foreigner or Dominican) who has lived in SD for more than a few years who has not been a victim of random street crime... this includes myself getting pick pocketed.
I Will live like a king on less than that, of course not in SD. Santiago or Sosua are cheaper than the capital.
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the question is too subjective.
No two people spend the same..... if you can't afford it - change it!!
the question is too subjective.
No two people spend the same..... if you can't afford it - change it!!
WW Did you mean to write "chaRge" it? That's s what the greater percent of people do.
Just fyi, I live on around $2kUSD in Boca Chica for me and a 20 y/o kid. It's not too fancy but I want for nothing. That doesn't include the quarterly venture to Sosua/Santiago/Punta Cana.
The OP asked how much it is to live in Santo Domingo, and with a lot of respect, Boca Chica is 40 mins drive from Santo Domingo and a completely different place.
In Santo Domingo I would set a budget of about US$1,000 to rent an apartment, that will get you a reasonable condo in a safe area. US$2,000 will get you somewhere nice in a top-end condo. Supermarkets and restaurants in the capital are now way more than the US and I think you'll need at least US$ 500 for food and drink. And I'd probably suggest about US$ 100 a month for electricity. I have three apartments in the capital and even though we try to keep the electricity usage down as much as possible it's always clocking in at a minimum RD$ 6,000. Fridges, AC's and Inverters all use a lot of power.
In Santo Domingo I would set a budget of about US$1,000 to rent an apartment, that will get you a reasonable condo in a safe area. US$2,000 will get you somewhere nice in a top-end condo. Supermarkets and restaurants in the capital are now way more than the US and I think you'll need at least US$ 500 for food and drink. And I'd probably suggest about US$ 100 a month for electricity. I have three apartments in the capital and even though we try to keep the electricity usage down as much as possible it's always clocking in at a minimum RD$ 6,000. Fridges, AC's and Inverters all use a lot of power.
Me, I have never been a victim of random street crime. I've had more serious crimes but never been pickpocketed or mugged. And I don't think I know anyone who has been mugged or pickpocketed, but admittedly all my friends go round in private vehicles or in Uber.